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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = Darwin Diengdoh Pugh<br />
| image = <br />
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| birth_date = 12 January 1927<br />
| birth_place = [[Sohra]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| residence = [[Meghalaya]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|11|17|1927|1|12|df=y}}<br />
| death_place =<br />
| constituency = <br />
| order = 2nd<br />
| office = Chief Minister of Meghalaya<br />
| term_start = 10 March 1978 <br />
| term_end = 6 May 1979<br />
| governor = [[Lallan Prasad Singh]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Williamson A. Sangma]]<br />
| successor = [[B. B. Lyngdoh]]<br />
| party = All Party Hill Leaders Conference<br />
| spouse = <br />
| religion = <br />
| alma_mater = [[Gauhati University]]<br />
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}}<br />
'''Darwin Diengdoh Pugh''' (12 January 1927 – 17 November 2008) was the second [[Chief Minister]] of the state of [[Meghalaya]] in north-eastern India and the first [[Khasi people|Khasi person]] to hold the position.<ref>{{cite news<br />
|publisher = The Telegraph<br />
|title = DD Pugh laid to rest<br />
|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081120/jsp/northeast/story_10134611.jsp<br />
|date = 19 November 2008<br />
|accessdate = 25 July 2009<br />
}}</ref> He was the general secretary of [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]] (APHLC).<br />
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==Career==<br />
Born on 12 January 1927 at [[Sohra]] to late Bransly Marpna Pugh and Glis Diengdoh, Pugh had his education at [[Gauhati University]]. He began his professional career as a crew in the Navy during the Second World War.<ref>{{cite news<br />
|publisher=The Shillong Times<br />
|title=DD Pugh: A versatile personality<br />
|url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/a-19-nov.htm<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230000653/http://www.theshillongtimes.com/a-19-nov.htm<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
|archive-date=30 December 2008<br />
|date=19 November 2008<br />
|accessdate=25 July 2009<br />
}}</ref> He also served as the Headmaster of the Nisangram School in [[Garo Hills]] and Cherra Presbyterian Proceeding High School in Nongsawlia, [[Sohra]]. Pugh joined active politics in the early 1960s and was elected as member of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council in 1967–72. In 1972, he was elected on the APHLC ticket from [[Nongskhen]] constituency, bordering [[Bangladesh]] and subsequently made his maiden entry to the first state Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/11/18/former-meghalaya-chief-minister-d-d-pugh-dies-1226999313.html|title=Former Meghalaya Chief Minister D D Pugh dies|last=Staff|first=|date=2008-11-18|website=Oneindia.com|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Chief Ministers of Meghalaya}}<br />
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[[Category:Chief Ministers of Meghalaya]]<br />
[[Category:Meghalaya politicians]]<br />
[[Category:1927 births]]<br />
[[Category:2008 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Gauhati University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:People from East Khasi Hills district]]<br />
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Meghalaya]]<br />
[[Category:Meghalaya MLAs 1978–1983]]<br />
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